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PM 41195534 September 26, 2013 / Vol. 49 No. 24 Calls for freedom London, Western rally for release of detained professors

By Adela Talbot

Members of London’s medical and Western communities rallied, calling for the freedom of Western professor and emer- gency room physician Dr. Tarek Loubani and York University pro- fessor and filmmaker John Greyson, who have been held captive without charges in an Egyptian jail since Aug. 16, when they were arrested on their way to the Gaza Strip. The rally, organized by colleagues and friends of the men, took place in Victoria Park Tuesday afternoon. Hundreds of sup- porters filled the area near the park’s band Loubani shell, many of them in medical scrubs, coming from London hospitals, as well as the campus and London communities. Another peaceful rally was slotted for the same time at the Egyptian consulate in Montreal. At the time of the rally, Loubani and Greyson had been held captive for 39 days, and had been on a hunger strike for the last nine days. While Egyptian offi- cials have claimed the pair was arrested Greyson because they were armed and planned to storm a police station, those who know the men in Canada have called the accusations ludicrous, citing Loubani’s dedicated peace- ful humanitarian efforts and Greyson’s work as a filmmaker to bring controversial issues to light. “We must be strong. We must be vehement. We must not shy away from our task, but we must do so in a peaceful fashion,” said Dr. Amit Shah at the rally. Shah is Loubani’s friend and colleague, as well as a medical professor at Western. Loubani, who has tirelessly worked with marginalized communi- ties at home and abroad, is “deeply cognoscent” of the inequali- ties in this world, Shah continued, and was on his way to Gaza for a medical mission. The only thing Loubani is guilty of, he added,

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Alumni Dedication fulfills young alumnus’ ‘Wish’ for others

By Adela Talbot recent FHS graduate who is 35 years of age or under. The award recognizes contributions made For Tom Cheung, the game-changer was both while a student at Western and those that a project in his final year of university. have continued or developed, once outside the The London Health Sciences Centre emer- walls of the university. gency medicine resident, then in his fourth year And Cheung certainly fits the bill. of a Health Sciences degree, enrolled in a pal- In his final year, Cheung sat on his faculty stu- liative care medicine course. It was a deliberate dent council. He rallied the support of the entire choice and he took on both the class and the faculty, garnering the Kinesiology and Nursing final assignment, from a somewhat unconven- students, and the Dream Team soon became tional approach. a formally recognized entity within FHS. That “When most people think of palliative care, was in 2007. Today, the faculty boasts hundreds they think of older people. But for me, I wanted of student volunteers, working with the Dream to take a different spin on it, with the experience Team. I’ve had working at my mom’s rehab centre,” he “We had planned some amazing events. said. Cheung volunteered and worked alongside We had a week where we slept in the UCC his occupational therapist mom as a special (University Community Centre) every day – the needs swim instructor at the Holland Bloorview theme was ‘be a kid again.’ We were fourth-year Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto. students, moving on with our lives, reminisc- “I definitely developed a soft spot for helping ing what it’s like to be a kid again. A lot of the people, in that kind of way,” he continued. “I (Make-A-Wish Foundation) kids lose out on their decided (for the project) to profile Make-A-Wish; childhood, and (granting wishes) and being able I contacted the director and they were having to help them become a kid again is important,” a meeting with their board of directors. They Cheung, 27, continued. invited me, and I heard their stories, and in that Since the example set out by Cheung, other hour or so, I was so inspired that at the end of Western faculties have expressed an interest in the meeting, I said, ‘This is amazing. What can rallying behind a charitable organization, as a Adela Talbot // Western News I do to help?’” way of unifying the student body and making a Tom Cheung, a London Health Sciences Centre emergency medicine resident, founded the Cheung came back to campus where he was difference within the community. Faculty of Health Sciences Dream Team, a student-led group that would, through campus a head Soph, working with 40 student leaders in In its first year, the Dream Team raised enough and community events, raise money and awareness for the Southwestern Ontario chapter the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS). He started money to grant its first wish, sending a young of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. the FHS Dream Team, a student-led group that, boy to Hawaii. The team’s success and drive has through campus and community events, raises snowballed since, and Cheung, who continued money and awareness for the southwestern on to study medicine at Western’s Schulich family and child to figure out what a wish will be. Cheung noted while he considered pediatric Ontario chapter of the Make-A-Wish Founda- School of Medicine & Dentistry, took the initia- Really, it’s a chance to go out into the community medicine, it would have been difficult for him. tion. tive with him. He is still involved with Make-A- and make a difference,” said Cheung, who is “I think I really would have enjoyed pediatrics, At this year’s Homecoming Brunch, Cheung Wish, despite a hectic work schedule as resident now a wish granter for the foundation, delivering but it’s a very difficult job and you deal with kids will receive the first ever FHS Young Alumni in the emergency room. the good news to families. in some of the best times and some of the worst Award, established to recognize unique and “You get to go meet the kids, bring them When asked about his obvious dedication to times. It’s a testament to people that do it every sustained contributions to society made by a presents, meet the parents and work with the helping children and his desire to be a doctor, day,” he said.

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Editor’s Letter FOLLOW @WesternEditor Quit allowing our ‘value’ to be

Western News (ISSNO316- narrowly defined by others 8654), a publication of West- ern University’s Department of Communications and Public Affairs, is published Jason Winders every Thursday throughout Western News Editor the school year and operates under a reduced schedule during December, May, June, July and August. left university for the last time 15 my late-30s and started working on a or law might as well prepare for the of three given areas with the higher An award-winning weekly years ago. Or so I thought. PhD, both here at Western. salt mines. Graduates from fine and return on investment and head out. newspaper and electronic Already settled on a career Certainly, neither of these pursuits applied arts programs can expect But I have trouble defining the news service, Western News path, or as much so as a 19-year- popped into the mind of that young to make 12 per cent less than high ‘value’ of postsecondary education serves as the university’s oldI male mind can settle, I interrupted man 15 years ago. newspaper of record. The school graduates, according to the simply by earnings. publication traces its roots my studies twice for more than a year Even now on the classic rock side report. Every time the economy takes a to The University of Western each time to work in newspapers. of 40, my time in the classroom con- “If you have a BA in history and I dive, the Punditry Class starts to ques- Ontario Newsletter, a one- The second departure was almost for tinues to make me a stronger writer, graduate from high school, I can go tion the ‘value’ of a university educa- page leaflet-style publication good, as I was offered a promotion a clearer thinker and a more creative work on an assembly line but you will tion. They cry out for measurable, which debuted on Sept. 23, which would have kept me at that researcher. I ask better questions and not work on that assembly line. There immediate financial results from our 1965. The first issue of the Western News, under found- paper for some time. My university expect deeper answers. I see more is a negative premium,” report co- postsecondary institutions in specific ing editor Alan Johnston, was career, most likely, would have been grey in the world. Tangentially, that author Benjamin Tal told the Financial fields: “Forget tomorrow’s thinkers; published on Nov. 16, 1972 over. has made me a better boss and co- Post. we need more lawyers today.” replacing the UWO Times But I chose to finish what I started worker, a stronger husband and dad Of course, no word on when Tal It’s not that rethinking of how we and Western Times. Today, and returned to complete my degree. and, generally, someone excited to will return from 1975 when there were operate is a bad thing; any institution Western News continues to I wish I could say that decision learn and share something new every enough assembly line jobs to go of a certain age needs to re-examine provide timely news, informa- tion and a forum for discus- sprung from a grand revelation, one day. around. But why let details get in the itself from time to time. For one, we sion of postsecondary issues that laid out a better path before me. Now, please quantify all that for me way of a good narrative? owe real answers to this, and future, in the campus and broader But that wasn’t the case. Like most of and slap it in a chart. I was disappointed at the silence generations on tuition costs. community. my early – and rare – good decisions, Not so easy. from the postsecondary sector to the But simply stated: Universities have the root of success was two parts One would think, from listening to report. Where were the voices stand- had great ‘value’ for about a millennia parental pressure, one part blind luck. recent news reports, the value to a ing up publicly to cry foul? now, and will continue to, long into WESTERN NEWS Since graduating, however, some- postsecondary education has cratered. I know, I know, that’s not our way. the future. But for many of us, the thing unexpected happened. 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Commentary FOLLOW @WesternEditor Leadership provides more than simple fascination

By Joel Faflak and a celeb- been in the business of leadership for rity: everyone some time. We wish for our students if you go Leadership is everywhere can be leader jobs, success, material rewards. We Cultures of Leadership: Multi-Faculty Panel Discussion these days. Why now, and why with because want them to capitalize upon new ideas. 9-11:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, Paul Davenport Theatre, Talbot College such urgency? she’s a star. But we also want them to reflect Leadership got us from Lascaux to Film stars, upon and re-imagine what we think Panel speakers include Joel Faflak, director, School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and the Internet, from the slave rebellions princesses we already know. Humanities; Betty Anne Younker, dean, Don Wright Faculty of Music; Pam Bishop, associate against Rome to Omaha Beach and and sports This requires sensitivity to the past dean, Graduate Studies; Michael Bartlett, associate dean (academic); Sandra Smeltzer, the Arab Spring. It also got us from Faflak champions as well as present; we have to know professor, Faculty of Information and Media Studies; and Mitch Rothstein, chair, DAN the Seven Years’ War to the second now join where we came from, for better or Management and Organizational Studies. Iraq War. It propelled us into the cos- company with Helen Keller, Nelson worse, to know where we’re going. RSVP online at alumni.uwo.ca/connect/homecoming/. mos and the dark heart of matter; it Mandela and the Dalai Lama; the cast But, emergent leadership comes in also brutally colonized indigenous of Jersey Shore gets better ratings many forms. I wish my students suc- peoples and cultures in the name of a than the prime minister’s cabinet. cess, but I also encourage them not less resource. Adorno and Horkheimer Can they get this training else- ‘New World.’ In a world governed by markets to fear or avoid failure. How else will said that Enlightenment now “radiates where? Of course. Is the university It’s no secret we often understand as much as senates, some look to they learn to improve the plight of disaster triumphant,” which any num- still one of the best training grounds the march of history through the ones entrepreneurs as our new leaders: others, or to realize what appears ber of recent political, economic, or for informed, creative and innovative who led it, or fictions about them. Disney, Jobs, Stewart, Gates, Winfrey as the failure of others is success by ecological crises only affirms. citizens to make sense of the often Leaders fascinate because they reflect are also synergizers, visionaries, imagi- another name? But they were also invoking Kant’s senseless? Absolutely. who we are or want to be. As such, neers for a more socially robust world. One dark side of charisma is our own challenge to the Enlightenment: If the events of the past 13 years, they come in myriad forms: hero, Business has been looking beyond schadenfreude in watching leaders sapere aude, or ‘dare to know.’ Per- let alone the previous century, are any visionary, champion, bureaucrat, men- spreadsheets to the liberal arts to tell falter. But failure also tempers our haps leadership is the university ask- indication, our increasing fascination tor, teacher, caregiver, friend, parent, a richer story about creativity, innova- innate drive to innovate with resil- ing its students and faculty to take on with leadership indicates an urgency president, prime minister. tion, sustainability – about making ience and compassion, to cultivate this challenge. With due respect to we ignore at our peril. Max Weber’s concept of leader- ethical choices, not just money. and tolerate others’ idiosyncrasies as Benjamin Tal, Chief Economist, CIBC ship as charisma thus seems to hold Many of us who make and study our own. We need to encourage in World Markets, how could university Joel Faflak is professor of English sway: an aura of divinely conferred culture are heartened. our students this sort of thoughtful be a ‘bad’ investment compared with and Theory at Western, where he power or talent that inspires devotion I left an English MA fed up with edu- reflection if we expect them to be the economic fantasies that have irre- teaches, among other things, courses in others. In place of the Sovereign cation to start a business, only to get fed imaginative, empathic citizens of the vocably altered the social reality of on literature, culture, and leadership. who subdues the Leviathan we now up with business and return to English. world, whether that world is London, millions of ordinary citizens? have the cult of the individual. Such I was wrong on both counts. ‘Entre- Ont., or Mumbai. This is not a bad In the face of monumental change exemplarity, turning citizens into dis- preneurship’ needn’t be a bad word, goal for a globe whose population we’re being asked to revise our ciples by galvanizing their hopes and and ‘cultural entrepreneurship,’ as Banff will be 9 billion by 2046, by which time responsibility toward our students, dreams, can produce a Ghandi or a Centre president Jeff Melanson says, Miami might be underwater. to re-think the balance between the Hitler. It makes devotion to one’s ideal can be a source of great promise. I wonder, then, if a leader is anyone speculative, the intellectual and the inspirational, but also fickle, explosive, In the current job market, we need who risks the certitude of his knowl- vocational. This doesn’t mean we easily exploitable. to show our students how to forge edge in the name of being taught by should lose sight of the duty they Cut to our media-saturated, socially their own paths. others? This would make the com- expect us to fulfill to help them exer- networked present, which further But in this respect, all of Western’s bined ignorance of more than 7 billion cise their hearts and souls as well as blurs the relation between a leader faculties, schools and programs have people, paradoxically, our most price- their minds and bodies. Homecoming 2013 // Pages 9-12

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Interest in a solid foundation, thereby pre- environmental waste management if Western championed serving or consolidating the invest- education in Africa grew quickly ments Western has made over the from there. two centres of excellence last six years,” Yanful said. In 2009, Western partnered with Yanful is thrilled with how far Zoomlion to organize a waste man- in Africa? What other things have come in the last six agement workshop for 70 partici- years. And he’s already looking pants in Ghana; Yanful and fellow universities are doing this?” down the road. Engineering professor Shahzad Western has had long-standing - Ernest Yanful Barghi led the workshop. relationships with institutions in Since, Zoomlion continues to Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi host, on average, three Western Engineering interns every and other countries in east and south-central Africa through MA-Western-Ad-Aug-VF.pdf 1 12-08-15 11:48 AM year. In return, Western has sponsored and hosted five stu- the work of faculty members in the Schulich School of dents from KNUST and two from University of Mines and Medicine & Dentistry, Arts and Humanities and Education Technology in Ghana. as well as the departments of Geography, Biology and Civil The idea of the creating a permanent educational insti- and Environmental Engineering. tute, just the second of its kind in all of Africa, was pushed In the areas of water, sanitation and waste management, heavily by Zoomlion, KNUST, Egerton University, the Yanful has taught short courses in Nairobi, while professors Expect more University of Nairobi, Kenya Wildlife Services and Nesvax Irena Creed (Biology), Charlie Trick (Biology) and Clare Rob- Innovations. inson (Engineering) have conducted field esearchr on water from Yanful spent considerable amount of time, including the quality management in the Lake Naivasha area of Kenya. majority of his recent year-long sabbatical, establishing Yanful proposes Western consolidate its efforts in Africa the institute. He helped design and construct its laborato- into two regional centres of excellence – one in sanitation education. ries, recruit administrative staff – including a registrar and and waste management, located in Ghana, and one in director of research, innovation and development – and water and health, based in either in Kenya or Rwanda. developed an organizational structure for the next 10 years. “Students will be designing new and environmentally Currently, the Institute of Sanitation and Waste Man- friendly and biodegradable sanitation systems, creating Fully accredited agement facility consists of a seven-storey classroom, safe drinking water, better waste water treatment.” he said. Montessori education conference, office and laboratory block and a five-storey “This will change the world, and wouldn’t it be powerful if for children 18 months administrative building. Western championed two centres of excellence in Africa? 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Paul Mayne // Western News Western Civil and Environmental Engineering professor Ernest Yanful is confident residents of remote African villages will be able one day to pour clean drinking water. The opening of the Kwame Nkrumah University of 551 Windermere Road / London, ON/ N5X 2T1 Science and Technology (KNUST) Institute of Sanitation and Waste Management in Ghana, in which he had a major role, is the first step toward that goal. Phone: 519-675-5545 e-mail: [email protected] 8 Western News | September 26, 2013

Adela Talbot // Western News Hundreds of members from London’s medical community joined Western community members and other Londoners at a rally in Victoria Park on Tuesday, together calling for the freedom of Western professor and emergency room physician Dr. Tarek Loubani and York University professor and filmmaker John Greyson, who have been held captive without charges in an Egyptian jail since Aug. 16, when they were arrested on their way to the Gaza Strip.

Calls for Freedom // Continued from page 1 was helping his fellow man, and the only weapon he had was his stethoscope. Responsible for a project that has brought doc- tors from Western to Gaza to train physicians in Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Advanced Trauma Life Support, Loubani was on his way to con- tinue the work he started between Western and the main hospital in the Gaza Strip, the al-Shifa hospital. Loubani and Greyson were visited by consular staff Monday and were in good health, though tired. They were thankful upon hearing of the support they had at home, said Dr. Ben Thomson, a nephrologist at London Health Sciences Centre, and Loubani’s friend who had planned to join him on his medical mission in Gaza at the end of August. At the rally, Thomson said this news came from Greyson’s sister, Cecilia. While friends, family and colleagues have taken up the cause, asking the Canadian government to intervene and for the Egyptian government to free Loubani and Greyson, various organizations, unions, medical associations, universities and groups have joined the efforts, expressing their support. Western President Amit Chakma likewise recently released a statement noting the university was work- ing with local Members of Parliament as well as the Department of Foreign Affairs “to encourage and thank them for their continuing efforts to advocate for the safe and timely release of our academic col- leagues.” At Tuesday’s rally, speakers and supporters called for the Canadian government to take a stand, to urge Egyptian officials to free Loubani and Greyson, asking the government not to continue peaceful relations with Egypt until the pair’s release. “We need to show, as a nation, that we look after our citizens,” Shah said, noting the world needs the likes of Loubani and Greyson, and right now, they need Canadians’ support. An online petition demanding the release of the two men has gathered more than 100,000 support- ers to date, while celebrities expressed their support at the Toronto International Film Festival, earlier this month. For updates and more information, visit tarekan- djohn.com. Western News | September 26, 2013 9 Homecoming 2013

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Homecoming weekend events 26 // THURSDAY SATURDAY, SEPT. 28 Long Horn Lounge South End Zone Package Homecoming Kick-off Homecoming 2013 11:30 a.m. TD Stadium, Philip Aziz Dr. and AGM with CBC’s Scott Continuing Medical Russell Education (CME) Program Football Game: Western vs. 7 p.m. TD Stadium, Labatt Lounge. 7:30 a.m. Medical Sciences Building, Queen’s Room 146, Elgin Dr. 1 p.m. TD Stadium. Retro Dance Party 8 p.m. Barney’s Lounge, 671 Rich- Nursing Alumni Music Building Ground mond St. Homecoming Breakfast Breaking & Reception 8:30 a.m. Asher’s Dining Room, Ivey 4 p.m. Talbot College (west side). FRIDAY, SEPT. 27 Spencer Leadership Centre, 551 Win- dermere Road. Wrestling Alumni Awards CME Sport Medicine Dinner Symposium Archaeological Site 5 p.m. Best Western Lamplighter Inn, 8 a.m. The Best Western Lamplighter Investigation: Western 591 Wellington Road S. Inn & Conference Centre, 591 Wel- Edition lington Road. 9 a.m. Museum of Ontario Archaeol- Western Law Homecoming ogy, 1600 Attawandaron Road. Reception Dentistry Symposium 5:30 p.m. Joe Kool’s, 595 Richmond St. 9 a.m. London Convention Centre, Behind the Music Ballroom 4 and 5, 300 York St. 9 a.m. Dr. David S. Chu International Engineering Alumni & Student Centre, 2nd Floor, Western Friends Reception Student Services Building. H. H. Allen Day 6 p.m. The London Club, 177 Queens 9 a.m. Four Points Sheraton Hotel, Ave. 1150 Wellington Road S. Homecoming Welcome Centre 10 a.m. Alumni Hall Lobby. Golden Anniversary Dinner 39th Annual Alumni 6 p.m. The Great Hall, Somerville Awards of Merit Dinner McIntosh Gallery Tour House. 5:30 p.m. The Great Hall, Somerville 10 a.m. McIntosh Gallery. House. Schulich School of Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Dean’s Western Mustang Band Medicine & Dentistry Homecoming Gala 75th Anniversary Dinner Homecoming Open House 6 p.m. London Convention Centre, 5:30 p.m. Delta Armouries, 325 Dun- 10 a.m. Medical Sciences Building. 300 York St. das St. Engineering Annual Open SUNDAY, SEPT. 29 Dentistry Alumni Awards House Reception 11 a.m. Claudette MacKay-Lassonde ‘Fear the Purple’ 5K 6 p.m. London Hunt & Country Club, Pavilion. 9 a.m. TD Stadium, Western University 1431 Oxford St. W. Campus. Faculty of Science Dean’s Comedy and Cocktails Homecoming Celebration Cultures of Leadership 9 p.m. The London Music Club, 470 11 a.m. Grad Club, Middlesex Col- 9 a.m. Paul Davenport Theatre, Talbot Colborne St. lege, Lower Level. College.

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The scene following the end of crowds in old J. W. Little Stadium, all games as students staggered from factored into an atmosphere of excite- the stadium often resembled some- ment and celebration. thing out of Dante. Embedded in all this, a persistent An ugly incident at Homecoming practice prevailed, one that went 1976 involved two inebriated Western hand-in-hand with football crowds students running amok through the — the con- assembled ranks of a visiting 110-mem- sumption ber Ohio high school band invited to of spirits. play at Homecoming. The students As crowds indiscriminately knocked plumed increased hats off heads, infuriated alumni and in old Little embarrassed the university. A flood Stadium of angry letters from disgusted alums over the appeared on the desk of the chair of decades, so intercollegiate athletics and the dean Barney too did the of the Faculty of Physical Education. incidence The last straw came when the PBS of alcohol and its inevitably alarm- television station WQLN in Erie, Penn., ing effects when too much was con- journeyed to London in the autumn sumed. 1976 to showcase the city. The scene By the 1960s, Western’s football sta- in the football stadium that greeted dium scene on Saturdays far eclipsed WQLN television officials prompted that of any other university in Canada. immediate cancellation of including Little Stadium seated almost 10,000 Western in its London coverage. Fol- folks; standing-room crowds usu- lowing his return to Erie, the WQLN ally present at Homecoming swelled producer penned a letter of concern, university president (George Connell), going on almost as long, has ceased guarantee could be offered. attendance figures to nearly 11,000. indeed dismay, to the assistant dean through counsel and planning with stu- to exist.” The so-called Alumni stands accom- of Western’s Faculty of Physical Edu- dent police, with signage posted in the Indeed it had “ceased to exist,” in Robert Knight Barney has worked modated almost 5,000, the student cation, finally prompting resolution. stadium and messages printed on the fact, ceases to exist to this very day. at Western University for 40 years, side 3,500. Temporary bleachers encir- In a carefully planned and methodi- reverse side of game tickets, the way Enjoy the Homecoming game Sat- gaining professor rank in 1982 and cling the end-zones added a couple cally executed process conducted was prepared for the mission’s first test urday, folks. You can be guaranteed professor emeritus status in 1996. He of thousand more. over several months in the winter, — the home season-opener against not to suffer your university’s humili- is the author of Mustang 100: A cen- Enthusiasm for Mustang football spring and summer of 1976-77, a com- York University on Sept. 17, 1977. ation. For your spectator brethren tury of Western athletics. accelerated commensurate with stu- plete alcohol ban was imposed in By game day, the issue reached of several decades ago, no similar dent body increases, particularly in the the stadium beginning with the 1977 front page headline status in the local freshman class. With sustained fervor football season. Free Press. The carefully prepared for football, the time-honored “right The key authority in supporting plan worked to perfection. A greatly and privilege” to drink in the stadium the decision and action was the USC, diminished student turnout marked mushroomed. The issues that inevita- headed by its first-ever female presi- the otherwise scene of sober celebra- bly resulted: greater security needs, dent, Margaret O’Grady. As the major tion over yet another Mustang victory. injuries incurred by hurled objects, financial underwriter of the athletic There was one breach of the new indecent exposure, ugly confronta- program (student fees), it was the code — one member of Western’s tions and public censure of the uni- USC’s right to address the issue. In a sky-diving club performing a pre-kick- versity, placed discredit on Western, tense meeting in the Tower Room of off drop into the stadium, landed on particularly on its student body. Thames Hall on a late winter evening his feet near mid-field triumphantly The issue reached such propor- in 1977, at times erupting into angry brandishing aloft a wineskin. tions by the end of the 1960s that an debate, council voted 17-10 to sup- The student Gazette was quick to increasingly angry athletic director, port the ban. comment the following week: “No, John Metras, moved to stamp it out. Through education in the dorms, Christmas will still be celebrated, but A ‘no more drinking in the stadium’ public messages from a supportive another tradition, one that has been ultimatum raised student reaction. An outraged student body urged the University Students’ Council (USC) to effect compromise, the aim of which Congratulations Hanny A. Hassan protected the ‘right’ to drink in the stadium. 2013 L.S. Lauchland Engineering Alumni Medal Recipient A negotiated peace descended. Western student police would hence- A consulting engineer by trade, Hanny A. Hassan, C.M., BESc’64 (Civil), is currently managing forth provide the necessary security an independent consulting engineering practice, Alef Consulting Inc., and is a long-time volunteer control; alcohol was OK, but not in promoting understanding between cultures and religions. hard containers. Booze in bottles, metal flasks and hard plastic ther- mos containers were banned; grog in Western Engineering will present Hassan with the medal during Homecoming wineskins and plastic bags was per- at the Engineering Alumni & Friends Reception on Saturday, Sept. 28. mitted. Most agreed, football players included, that the ‘right and privi- lege’ to bring booze enhanced both spectator numbers and a celebratory stadium atmosphere. Alas, the Metras/USC agreement It’s Homecoming Weekend! Sept 26-29 failed to arrest the problem. In fact, it acerbated it. Canada’s best homecoming starts today. From class reunions to sporting action to family-fun Homecoming Students got creative; plastic bags events, it’s a weekend fi lled with activities for everyone. containing booze got bigger and big- 2013 ger, multiple straws often protruded Relive the Western Experience from them. Western invites you to join in the celebration as we welcome our alumni back to campus By the early 1970s, the enduring to relive their Western Experience. For information on all the events, visit our website. problem escalated to explosive pro- portions. By the 1976 football season, Join the conversation on Twitter and Facebook. the cadre of student police hired to keep order escalated to 70 for each westernhomecoming.uwo.ca #westernhoco home game and 80 for Homecoming. Western News | September 26, 2013 13 New website continues Huron rebranding effort

By Adela Talbot the intensive and immersive student interviews, surveys, and focus groups experience,” McClathcie said. with Huron faculty, staff, students and In preparing to celebrate a “One of the things that we discov- alumni. century and a half of academic excel- ered, not all of our students under- The following year, Toronto design lence this December, Huron University stood how old Huron was. The word firm KerrSmith was hired to create College has launched a new visual ‘college’ has been confusing to some visuals that reflected the findings of identity that will reflect the school’s people, with the relation to commu- Academica Group, complement- tradition, as well as its deep-rooted nity college. And not everyone under- ing Huron’s key messages, its his- connection to Western. stood our relationship to Western, tory and and the connection it shares This month’s launch of Huron’s new being older and being the found- with Western. KerrSmith developed website, huronuc.ca, was the final ing college, and those students that Western’s new brand, launched just installment of Huron’s visual identity come to Huron graduate with West- last year. update, and it reflects an important ern degrees. That’s a very important “(Huron) adopted the Western pur- part of the institution’s strategic direc- part of our partnership and we wanted ple and the home typeface that was tion, aiming to improve student expe- to signal that link that we have.” part of the Western rebrand. (Bishop rience by making information easier to The website’s updated fonts Isaac) Hellmuth is Western’s founder, access, said Huron Principal Stephen and redesigned logo – one with an and our first principal and purple was McClatchie. updated colour palette, a slightly chosen because it was the colour of The site is easier to navigate than modified shield and the school’s bishops – it was deliberately chosen its predecessor, allowing users to eas- founding year – likewise tie in with as a colour that makes sense for us to ily connect with Huron’s social media a new look developed for Huron’s have,” McClatchie explained. platforms. It likewise incorporates student viewbook and promotional “Now we have a website that is two colours, Huron red and Western materials. The school’s promotional clean and professional looking, and purple, reflecting a longstanding con- tools are now all streamlined, reflect- much easier to use. It’s the consistency nection between the two institutions ing the history and tradition of Huron, of look, and projecting a professional – one not all students are aware of, as well as its link to Western through image. We were very intentional, just McClathcie explained. the use of purple and the shift to the as Western was, in launching its new “We developed a (strategic) plan Hellmuth font, McClatchie said. logo, replacing signage, print and called Critically Engaged, and we The redesign process started in fall web materials – it’s all freshened up.” set out our goals, giving priority to 2011; Academica Group conducted 14 Western News | September 26, 2013

Research with impact Tracking devices explore concussions on the playing field

Paul Mayne // Western News In a Canadian-first study of the physics behind concussions on the football field, gForce Tracker devices located in the helmets of Mustangs players, such as wide receiver Matt Brazier, are collecting and monitoring the biomechanics behind the hard hits on the football field.

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Oxford/Richmond Teaming up with gForce Tracker Inc., a company from Markham, Ont., Campbell has outfitted 49 Mustang hel- mets with data-tracking devices, each roughly the size of a Walk-In Clinic domino. With this technology, he is able to track – in real time, if necessary – every hit a player gives or receives. “We are the first university in Canada to conduct this sort 4 Walk-ins welcome of research,” said Campbell, who received support from Pharmacy, call Mustangs head coach Greg Marshall. Projects like this have 4 Short wait period 519-433-3666 been under way in the States for several years. “There is (no data) out there for Canadian football play- 4 Close to campus We accept all Western Student & ers at the moment. In Canada, the football field is longer University Health Insurance Plans and wider; there are different rules, three downs instead & hassle-free! 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As a former player himself, Marshall had no hesitations free parking & direct LTC Transit service when approached by Campbell and his idea of ‘plugging in’ his players. “I thought this was a great idea,” said Marshall, who this past spring became involved with the See the Line initiative in London, to raise awareness surrounding athletes and Western Research is pleased to announce concussions. “Kody had talked to me about the device the following open competition: and I really felt anything we could do to make sure we’re coaching right, to make sure we’re doing everything we can for our players, that we’re in.” Western Innovation Fund Marshall added the Mustangs have a top medical team to look after the players and monitor any concussion symptoms, including strength coach Jeff Watson, whom The Western Innovation Fund (WIF) is an open competition Marshall believes is on the cutting-edge of strength train- supported by the Office of the Vice-President (Research). ing in the neck to add support and reduce concussions. So far, no concussions have been reported this season. Successful projects are intended to move new research “Football is a sport that, if we ignore this, it’s going to results forward along the path towards commercialization come back and bite us,” Marshall said. and to provide incentive to validate and develop commercial Campbell, who monitors players on both offense and defense, hopes to make some headway for Canadian opportunities for the investigator’s research. This collegiate players, to the point of knowing which position competition is for one-time projects based on existing is more vulnerable to hits, how many, at what speed and research initiatives and are expected to be of short duration whereabouts they land. (6-12 months). WORLDiscoveries® personnel are available “It’s very exciting to be seeing all the data come in,” Campbell said. “One of the interesting things I’ve seen so Former Western Mustang football player, and current for consultation on issues related to intellectual property far is how the data reflects the different level of practices, Kinesiology graduate student, Kody Campbell shows and commercialization. A Report of Invention (ROI) and a when coach Marshall and the players are backing off or off the gForce Tracker device, which monitors the Letter of Intent (LOI) must be submitted before an invitation going full.” impact of hits on the football field. The device to apply will be offered. Although not a doctor, and not trying to be one, Camp- is discretely tucked away in the helmets of the bell is able to make suggestions to the medical staff about Mustangs players. certain hits he has data on. Grant Amount: “The goal is to get information and quantify what is Up to $100,000 going on. For every hit a player takes, it gives me a time. happening to freshmen players who may not have been So, I can go back to the film and confirm whether or not it involved with our strength training and neck-strengthening was a measured hit, or simply a player pissed off and throw- program? There are lots of things we’ll be able to look at Deadline: ing his helmet. I can start to break it down and have the and make the game safer for our players.” Submissions are accepted throughout the year. potential to calculate how fast the player was going when Marshall even sees such research as common place in he received the hit, and how fast the other player was going the years to come. who gave the hit.” “Down the road, I see it being part of what we do. And For more “Funding News”, please visit: uwo.ca/research. Marshall said having access to this data will help him not just for research, but part of what we do on a regular coach and, more importantly, keep his players safe from basis,” he said. “We need to make the game safer for our Contact: potential life-threatening injuries. players, and if that means drastic changes to some of the Florence Lourdes “If we get one (concussion), what type of hit was it, what rules, or some of the techniques we’re doing, then that’s a sort of force did we see, and why is that person getting a good thing.” Internal Grants Coordinator concussion with that hit when another person had all these For now, Campbell is thrilled to combine his school Research Development & Services others hits and didn’t?” he said, adding he’s in regular con- work with his love of football. 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Student Life The Department of Chemistry presents the Student born into fight for 2013 Fred Pattison Senior Lecturer mental health awareness

Lecture 1 “ Enantioselective Cooperative Catalysis With and Without Metals” Monday, September 30, 2013 3:00 pm University Hospital Auditorium A (Rm. B3-246)

Lecture 2 “ Catalysis and Cascades in Complex Natural Product Synthesis” Tuesday, October 1, 2013 11:00 am University Hospital Auditorium A (Rm. B3-246)

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Contact Person: Prof. Mike Kerr (host) [email protected] Adela Talbot // Western News With guidance from mindyourmind, a London-based youth initiative promoting mental health awareness, 519.661.2111 ext. 86354 Deana Ruston, a third-year Health Sciences student, reached out to FEMAP (First Episode Mood and Anxiety Program), offered through London Health Sciences Centre. She started seeing a psychiatrist regularly for her anxiety and mild depression and has been doing better ever since. Ruston now volunteers with mindyourmind and is dedicated to raising awareness about mental health issues.

By Adela Talbot feel empowered, and feeling like I’m able to make a differ- ence in those around me. Everyone has a story.” Deana Ruston calls herself a fighter.I n fact, she is She contributes to mindyourmind by writing on the proudly sporting a new tattoo on her forearm these days, website blog, helping to design promotion tools and by one that reads, ‘You’ve been a fighter since the beginning; sharing resources on Twitter. Ruston has also shared her keep fighting.’ story in a public-service announcement that aired on MTV, The Health Sciences student, in her third year at West- CTV and MuchMusic. ern, started dealing with anxiety when she was just 13 Her newest project is helping to create a mobile appli- and in Grade 7. Pervasive and irrational worries – mostly cation and paper resources for youth and adults who use about the safety and well-being of her dad – seemed to the emergency room in times of a mental-health crisis. The only grow, and eventually, they led to her parents seeking initiative is a partnership between mindyourmind and the counseling. Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. For some time afterward, Ruston thought she was on “It’s for figuring out why they go to the emergency room, the mend. what they want to use there, what caused them to go there, “I thought things were getting better, but then I arrived what they can expect when they get there, figuring out at Western. When I got to Western, I thought it (the anxiety) alternative services they can use,” Ruston explained. would magically disappear because I wasn’t at home, so I “When you’re in a mental-health crisis, it’s not always couldn’t worry about things,” she said. “I was good for the easiest to remember what medications you’re on, who your first month or two. But then the reality of it all set in and family doctor is, all that kind of stuff. There will be a Q & everything started to come back. A option you can fill out in the waiting room so when you “I decided to get help at the end of the first school year.” finally see a doctor, it can all be done.” With guidance from mindyourmind, a London-based As for her new tattoo, Ruston is proud to show it, noting youth initiative promoting mental health awareness, Ruston its mention of being a fighter from the start refers to her reached out to FEMAP (First Episode Mood and Anxiety being born 25 weeks premature – weighing just a pound Program), offered through London Health Sciences Centre. and three quarters and staying in the neonato intensive She started seeing a psychiatrist regularly for her anxiety care unit for more than four months. Her will to continue and mild depression and has been doing better ever since. fighting refers to her battle with anxiety. This is why she’s so happy to be volunteering with min- To those dealing with anxiety or other mental-health dyourmind, having started working with the organization in concerns, Ruston has words of advice: Reach out for help as October 2011, shortly after arriving at Western. soon as you notice symptoms. It’s nothing to be ashamed The organization, which this summer received regular of; you are not alone and help is readily available. annualized funding of $360,000 from the provincial gov- ernment, encourages youth to “reach out, get help, give help.” It doesn’t provide direct services on its own, but pools available resources and promotes awareness of them Pennies for Preemies while encouraging youth who have experienced a mental Ruston, together with her twin sister, Janeen, founded the charity health crisis to speak out and share their stories, thereby Pennies for Preemies, dedicated to fundraising for the Neonatal helping others. Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Children’s Hospital at London Health Ruston spoke at the press conference, where Health Sciences Centre, in London. The pair, both Health Sciences students Minister Deb Matthews announced the funding, eager to at Western, was born prematurely at 25 weeks and weighed less share her story of reaching out for help and overcoming her anxiety. than two pounds each. The sisters spent months in the NICU and “Sharing my story has been really important, too,” she want to give back to the place they feel is responsible for them said. “It adds a lot, and at firstI was nervous about that, but being alive today. For more information, visit penniesforpreemies. it’s good that you don’t have to hide it anymore. It helps me wordpress.com. Western News | September 26, 2013 17

Research Study explores fetal alcohol impact at molecular level

Paul Mayne, Western News By Paul Mayne Western PhD student (Biology) Ben While some physicians tell Laufer said, despite what some women a small amount of alcohol physicians may say, no amount is OK during pregnancy, Ben Laufer of alcohol is good for a woman vehemently disputes any such advice during pregnancy. His research – and he has the research to back it was recently published in Disease up. The Western PhD student (Biology) Models & Mechanisms. said fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are characterized by life-long changes days after they were exposed, which in gene expression, neurodevelop- he said is plenty of time to recover. ment and behaviour. But while the “This is from a mother who would mechanisms that initiate and main- have had a moderate amount of alco- tain these changes are not known, hol, roughly correlating to a mother Laufer’s research suggests a role for that would have a beer every now and alcohol-induced epigenetic changes, then or glass of wine on the weekend. both at binge- and moderate-level It’s not good,” Laufer said. “The big consumption. concept here is there’s a big public His study, Long-lasting alterations health issue now because there are to DNA methylation and ncRNAs still a lot of doctors out there telling could underlie the effects of fetal alco- mothers that it’s OK to have a drink or hol exposure in mice, was published two, don’t go crazy. in Disease Models & Mechanisms, an “Doctors like the black-and-white open-access international biomedical answers, but with scientists, it’s all research journal. these shades of grey. It’s just not worth Through studies of mice, which he it.“ said have close to 90 per cent similar While he’s not the first to show the genetic content to humans, Laufer dangers of alcohol consumption dur- found changes in gene expression, ing pregnancy, Laufer sees his as the regardless of the level of alcohol. most extensive at the molecular level, Laufer, a student in professor Shiva of the inheritable material. So what it example. The only difference between as brain development are regulated,” while other studies have been simply Singh’s laboratory, is interested in the comes down to is these mechanisms, them is where these epigenetic marks he said. judging behaviour. epigenetic mechanism. Laufer said. are.” Laufer expected effects from the “A lot of complex brain diseases You get genes from your mom “With epigenetics, pretty much all Laufer equates the genome to a alcohol consumption, but not as are being linked together, such as and dad, and together that makes your cells, with a few exceptions, have computer, with the epigenome acting profound. He found a third of the autism and schizophrenia, which are up your DNA. The thing is, you don’t the exact same DNA sequence, yet as the software. genome’s epigenetic marks, spe- believed to have a very similar genetic just inherit DNA from your parents. they’re all so different. Your brain cell “My theories are, that’s how your cifically DNA methylation, showed background,” Laufer said. “Now, DNA is actually only a small amount is much different than a skin cell, for consciousness, your cognition, as well changes in young adults – even 70 we’ve linked fetal alcohol to that.”

NOTICE TO JOIN THE ACADEMIC PROCESSION 302nd CONVOCATION - AUTUMN 2013

Autumn Convocation takes place at 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 31 and on Friday, November 1 Members of Faculty, Senate, the Board of Governors and Emeritus/a Professors/ Librarians/Archivists are invited to take part in the Academic Procession. Full information on joining the academic procession (including order of ceremony, honorary degree recipients, assembly and regalia) may be found on the Senate Website: uwo.ca/univsec/senate/academic_procession.pdf

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Sign of the seasons

Paul Mayne // Western News The always popular Tuesday Farmers’ Market has returned again this fall, with everything from fresh produce and flowers to kettle corn and gourds. The market is located across from the Social Science Centre and runs 10 a.m.-4 p.m. every Tuesday.

Campus Digest McBean tapped among Canada’s Clean 50 The award was presented at the Friends’ annual general Western Geography professor Gordon meeting and 20th anniversary celebration last week. McBean has been named among Canada’s Clean 50, announced annually by Delta Management Group to Since 1995, the staff of The Book Store at Western has recognize 50 individuals or teams, from 16 different cat- partnered with the London Public Library and Friends for egories, who have done the most to advance the cause the A Book For Every Child program campaign, raising of sustainability and clean capitalism in Canada over the money to purchase books for the program. The Book past two years. Store also offers a year-round 20 per cent discount off McBean is a scientific leader on climate change, disaster any book purchased for the program. risk reduction and environmental issues. He serves on a “We are humbled, and honoured, at being recognized number of climate committees, including his role as chair- as Friend of the Year by the Friends of the London Public man of the boards of the Canadian Climate Forum and Library,” said Stephen Cribar, associate director of sales the Ontario Climate Consortium to foster climate, extreme and communications for Western Retail Services. “We weather and air quality science and policy dialogue. are fortunate to have staff members who care deeply For his national and international leadership, he has about the A Book For Every Child program, and they’ve been awarded the Orders of Canada and Ontario, elected made it a year-round goal to help The Book Store at as president of the International Council for Science and Western contribute.” shared in the Nobel Peace Prize as a lead author and review editor for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Western Nursing professor Cheryl Forchuk was hon- among other recognitions. oured with the Recovery Research Award for her numer- “The process to narrow down to just 50 this year was ous social and policy changes supporting people expe- extremely difficult,” said Gavin Pitchford, chief talent offi- riencing mental illness. The Psychosocial Rehabilitation cer, Delta Management Group. “The great news is there Canada presented the national awarded to Forchuk are many wonderful and committed leaders in organiza- Tuesday in Winnipeg. “Dr. Forchuk is a role model for tions across Canada, working in many different fields, who her research trainees, staff and colleagues,” said Dr. are all concerned about the course of Canada’s future if we Abraham Rudnick, a long-time research colleague, and don’t take action – and are doing so themselves.” nominator for the award. “Her research is extremely “The bad news,” Pitchford continued, “is this year we collaborative and translational, and has advanced psy- have seen some backsliding amongst organizations who chosocial rehabilitation in Canada and beyond.” were former leaders and past Clean 50 honourees. Cana- Western’s Professional and Managerial Association dians need to be concerned about that possible shift in (PMA) recently completed updating its personnel priorities, and at the same time, celebrate even more the policies. Ongoing since 2009, the PMA Personnel accomplishments of this group of exceptional leaders.” Policy Committee (PPC), PMA Executive and Human Resources reviewed and updated the policies, and re-wrote them into the new format adopted by the NEWS AND NOTES university in 2012. The Student Success Centre invites students and alumni “We are very happy with the outcome of this project from all faculties to attend the annual Western’s Career and we hope that PMA staff will find the updates more Fair 11 a.m.-4 p.m. today, Sept. 26 at the Western Stu- clear and accessible,” said Deanne Babcock, PPC chair. dent Recreation Centre, 4th floor. The event includes “The executive is proud of the work of our PPC Com- more than 55 organizations from government, corpo- mittee and we would really like to recognize and thank rate and non-profit sectors. They are recruiting for posi- them for their efforts and dedication to this project,” tions locally, nationally and internationally. said Leslie Gloor Duncan, PMA president. The Book Store at Western received the Friend of the To view the updated policies, visit uwo.ca/univsec/ Year Award from the Friends of the London Public Library. mapp/index_staff.html. 20 Western News | September 26, 2013 von Klitzing delivers Laird Memorial Lecture

Adela Talbot // Western News German physicist Klaus von Klitzing reaches in his pocket to produce his 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics, inset, as he delivered the Elizabeth Laird Memorial Lecture at Western last week. von Klitzing discussed the Quantum Hall Effect, his groundbreaking discovery, alongside his landmark findings which have influenced the international system of units. He regaled a full house at the Paul Davenport Theatre with tips, quips and stories on ‘How to Win a Nobel Prize’ during the lecture hosted by the Department of Physics and Astronomy. His top advice? “Don’t set out to win the prize. Choose to engage in the research that you love then commit fully to it.” The semiconductors incorporated into the latest mobile phones and satellite dishes across the globe exploit the results of von Klitzing’s work and the constant is now being used to set the new standards for measuring mass. Fusion Sushi, and now featuring fresh Osysters & Izakaya Bar. Visit our newly renovated second level that offers Japanese night life in Downtown London. Savour our fresh sushi & innovative asian fl avour.

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